MARADMINS : 330/07
UNCLAS
231154Z MAY 07
CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
AL MARADMIN(UC)
MARADMIN 330/07
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA/MPP-20//
SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2007 (FY07) SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB)
/PROGRAM AND BROKEN SERVICE SRB PROGRAM CANCELLATION//
REF/A/MSGID:GENADMIN/CMC DC/YMD:20060721//
REF/B/MSGID:GENADMIN/CMC DC/YMD:20061230//
REF/C/MSGID:GENADMIN/CMC DC/YMD:20070308//
REF/D/MSGID:GENADMIN/CMC DC/YMD:20070315//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 334/06, FISCAL YEAR 2007 SRB PROGRAM. REF B
IS IS MARADMIN 632/06, MCBUL 7220 FISCAL YEAR 2007 (FY07) BROKEN
SERVICE SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (BSSRB) PROGRAM. REF C IS
MARADMIN 107/07, MCBUL 7220 FY07 END STRENGTH INCENTIVE. REF D IS
MARADMIN 188/07, AMPLIFYING GUIDANCE ON THE FY07 END STRENGTH
INCENTIVE.//
POC/J. R. MORGAN/MAJ/CMC (MPP-20)/-/TEL:COM (703)784-9362
/TEL:DSN 278-9362//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PURPOSE. THIS BULLETIN CANCELS REF A, MCBUL
7220 FY07 SRB PROGRAM, AND REF B, MCBUL 7220 FY07 BSSRB PROGRAM,
EFFECTIVE 23 JUN 2007.
2. BACKGROUND. RETAINING OUR COMBAT EXPERIENCED MARINES AND THEIR
LEADERSHIP IS ONE OF THE COMMANDANTS HIGHEST PRIORITIES. HQMCS
SUPPORT TO CMCS CALLING, TO JUMP START THE FY08 RETENTION SEASON
AND STREAMLINE THE FY07 REENLISTMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM, REQUIRES A
NEW AND INNOVATIVE SRB PLAN THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED WITHIN THE NEXT
30 DAYS. THE NEW SRB PROGRAM WILL BE APPLICABLE FOR ALL MARINES
WHO REENLIST AFTER THE CURRENT FY07 SRB PROGRAM IS CANCELLED.
3. ACTION.
A. COMMANDING OFFICERS, SERGEANTS MAJOR, AND CAREER RETENTION
SPECIALISTS (CRS) WILL ENSURE THEIR MARINES UNDERSTAND THAT THE
CURRENT FY07 SRB AND BSSRB PROGRAMS WILL BE CANCELED ON 23 JUN
2007.
B. INSTRUCT MARINES REENLISTING WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS THAT THEY
WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE SRB OR BSSRB BONUSES AUTHORIZED
UNDER REF A AND B. ALL MARINES WHO REENLIST ON OR AFTER 24 JUN
2007 WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE NEW SRB PLAN EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN
PARAGRAPH 3C BELOW.
THE NEW SRB PLAN WILL BE APPLICABLE TO ANY REMAINING FY07 EAS
MARINES, ALL FY08 EAS MARINES, AND ANY FY09 EAS CAREER MARINES
WHO REENLIST DURING THE REMAINDER OF FY07 OR DURING FY08. FIRST
TERM MARINES WITH AN FY08 EAS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO REENLIST 23 JUN
2007.
C. HQMC WILL CONTINUE TO AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF THE END STRENGTH
INCENTIVE PER REF C AND D UNTIL 30 SEP 07; HOWEVER, ONCE THE
NEW SRB PLAN IS RELEASED AND IN EFFECT, MARINES MUST CHOOSE TO
RECEIVE EITHER THE NEW SRB OR BSSRB AUTHORIZED, OR THE END STRENGTH
INCENTIVE. MARINES WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED BOTH PAYMENTS.//